Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 11
To the chief Musician.See App-64.
Title. A Psalm. See App-65.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
put I my trust = I have fled for refuge. Hebrew. hasah. See App-69.
my soul = me (for emphasis). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
as. The Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read this "as" (or "like") in the text.
the wicked = the lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha. ".
privily = in the darkness.
the upright = upright ones.
the foundations: hashshathoth = settled order of truth or institutions; not the roof or walls.
the = a.
do. Not say or think, but lawfully and effectually "do".
eyes . . . eyelids. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
children = sons.
men. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.
the righteous = a righteous one.
His soul = He (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
His countenance doth behold the upright = An upright one shall gaze upon His face. One of the emendations of the Sopherim. See App-33, and note on Exodus 34:20.
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